To recognize and encourage those who participate in the election process, we are adding a few badges. First, we'll be adding a Caucus badge for visiting the election (we double checked the spelling), this can be awarded multiple times and will be retroactively awarded for previous election participation.

Another badge we want to add is for voting in the election, we'll be adding this in the next few days but want to get a great name for it, the names thrown out internally are:

I like this because it's a play on the corny stickers here in the USA. It might be too US-centric because of that, but it's also a clear description of what the badge is for. I wasn't clear on if "the names thrown out internally" meant "thrown out there" as in "suggested" or "thrown out" as in "rejected... didn't see it as an answer so I figured I would post it myself. It's too good to pass up!

This is tricky, since there are so many kinds of voting on the site, and so many voting-related terms are already in use.

Since voting in moderator elections is open to all non-drive-by users (it only takes 150 rep to participate, after all), it's similar to voting in a Referendum or a Plebiscite in a way that voting on questions and answers isn't.

That it's more than 1? Other than that, nothing in particular. Also, 6 to 8 is so vague, but that could work.
– jcolebrandJun 8 '12 at 19:44

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I think the negative connotation adds weight to the word... it's a "power to the people" sort of word.
– FlimzyJun 8 '12 at 19:55

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I always take words seriously. They're all we have man. You can't go "oh, that word makes me feel bad inside" when it has a concrete meaning. You can, however, talk about how it's a trigger for you based on a past experience. But we can't say "oh, you can't say the word 'Nazi' because that's illegal", words have to be independent of regulation (internal or external) so we can have a discussion about the things the words represent. I believe penultimately in the power of words over all things.
– jcolebrandJun 8 '12 at 20:13

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Seems like the whole point of this question is to analyze words and phrases for meaning, no?
– PopsJun 8 '12 at 20:21

This has the same problem as "Electoral College." It's a somewhat voting-related term, but it doesn't describe the system of voting used in moderator elections here at Stack Exchange.
– PopsJun 8 '12 at 19:54

Technically you should get such a badge by not voting
– Ben BrockaJun 8 '12 at 19:31

I think it's so overused that nobody will look it. Also, since it is "designed to allow the voter to indicate disapproval of all of the candidates in a voting system", it's inherently negative towards the moderator candidates. I can say I have never felt the anywhere near the same disapproval of all of the candidates in a SO election as I have for US elections! If only real-life elections were like SO elections the world would be a better place, IMO.
– The Unhandled ExceptionJun 8 '12 at 19:48

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@TheUnhandledException: that's the difference between SO and the US...you've actually got to prove your usefulness on SO (something money can't buy).
– user7116Jun 8 '12 at 20:29